Items Tagged with "Los Angeles"

Los Angeles plans mega solar-storage facility for utility customers

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is planning a project that will provide storable, renewable and affordable power to customers in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley through a combined solar/storage facility.The Eland Solar & Storage Center, built in partnership with 8minute Sol Read More...

Los Angeles sets ambitious plan to electrify transportation sector

The Los Angeles government released Nov. 26 its plan to dramatically electrify the transportation sector and accelerate the deployment of zero-emissions electric cars, buses and trucks and charging stations across the region.Los Angeles Country, in partnership with Mayor Eric Garcetti and various ci Read More...

City of Glendale signs on for 12.5% of solar and storage project

The City of Glendale, Calif., will be sourcing 25 MW of solar energy and up to 50 MWh of battery storage through a 25-year agreement to be provided energy from the new Eland 1 Solar and Storage Center in Kern County.The agreement, made with Southern California Public Power Authority, grants the city Read More...

LA Sanitation commits to electrifying refuse truck fleet by 2035

Los Angeles Sanitation committed during a panel discussion on Jan. 23 to completely electrifying its refuse truck fleet, replacing its existing fleet of natural gas refuse trucks, by 2035 on the path to zero-emissions.The panel discussion, hosted by the Los Angeles County Electric Truck & Bus Co Read More...

LA mayor commits city to carbon-free building construction

All new or substantially rehabilitated buildings owned by the City of Los Angeles will be 100% carbon-free under a new initiative announced Feb. 10 by Mayor Eric Garcetti.The commitment also includes using less carbon-intensive building materials for city-owned buildings.Mayor Garcetti is on a path Read More...

LA Votes to Accelerate 100% RE Goal to 2035

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Aug. 31 to pass a new plan to transition the city to 100% clean energy by 2035.The decision leans on a report released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in March outlining how Los Angeles could reach 100% clean energy only through a dra Read More...